CT 54, 208 (P238687)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 54, 208 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238687 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa21 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | w[e did] not [......], |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | we did not [... the ... of] our lord, |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | to our lord [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | we did not trans[gress ...] |
| Obverse [5:7] o 6'6'– | and to anoth[er ...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | N[N ......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | NN, the ... |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | of the Ru’uans, the whole army of Šamaš-šumu-ukin, |
| Reverse [5:7] r 66–r 77 | the throne [...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ul ⸢ni-x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 3' | be-li₂-i-ni ul ni-[x x x] | |
| 4' | a-na be-li₂-na [x x x] | |
| 5' | ul ni-ip-⸢ru⸣-[uṣ x x] | |
| 6' | u₃ a-na ša₂-⸢nam⸣-[ma x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | {1}{d}[x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 3 | {1}la-⸢x x⸣ x na nin [x] | |
| 4 | ša₂ {lu₂}ru-ʾu-u₂ e-mu-⸢qu⸣ | |
| 5 | ša₂ {d}GIŠ.NU₁₁—MU—GI.⸢NA⸣ | |
| 6 | gab-bi-šu₂ {giš}GU.ZA [x] | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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